Planning Report

1.0       INTRODUCTION

This planning report has been prepared on behalf of the applicant, NoosaCare Inc, in support of a code
assessable development application seeking a material change of use for extension to multiple housing
type 3 retirement and special needs (aged persons home and ancillary uses) over land located at 186
Cooroy Noosa Road, Tewantin. The site is formally described as Lot 2 on RP177554.

The site is currently used as an aged care facility and this application seeks an extension of the existing
facility.

Within the planning scheme, the site is included within the Community Services Zone.

An aged persons home is defined as a multiple housing type 3 retirement and special needs use under
the Noosa Planning Scheme and is a code assessable use within the Community Services Zone.

A preliminary approval was approved over the site in April 2007, which makes an aged persons home and
ancillary uses code assessable on the subject site. Further details about the preliminary approval are
outlined in section 1.2 below.

To assist in Council s determination of this development application, this planning report covers the
following matters:

      a site description including immediate surrounds and site characteristics;
      a description of the proposed use; and
      an assessment of how the proposal complies with the planning scheme provisions.

The report is also accompanied by the following supporting information in the appendices:
      Appendix A:     2007 Preliminary Approval;
      Appendix B:     Pre-lodgement Meeting Minutes;
      Appendix C:     Plans of Development;
      Appendix D:     Response to Planning Scheme Codes;
      Appendix E:     Landscaping Plan;
      Appendix F:     Stormwater Management Plan; and
      Appendix G:     Traffic Impact Assessment Report.

1.1       Site History

Aged care facilities have been located on the site for almost 30 years. Entries included on Council s PD
Online indicate that the site has been approved for an aged care facility since 1981. Since that time, a
number of approvals for extensions have been sought over the site.

1.2       Approval History

In April 2007, the then Noosa Shire Council issued a preliminary approval (Council ref. 2004/ 5763) with
respect to the future expansion of the aged care facility. The preliminary approval has the effect of:
      making an Aged Persons Home and ancillary features code assessable uses;
      setting general planning parameters for future development, including matters such as maximum
      GFA, site cover, boundary setbacks, car parking, flood mitigation and vegetation management; and
      imposing certain conditions relating to future development, including some external works
      requirements.


                                                                                        Development Permit for a MCU
                                                                                        NoosaCare Inc
                                                                                        186 Cooroy-Noosa Road, Tewantin

                                                                                        Buckley Vann
                                                                                        Town Planning Consultants

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